[pct-l] Lost Pack down the Kern

[Yoshihiro Murakami]

The north-bound hikers  tend to become an altitude sickness because
they gain altitude suddenly. This must be  the most reliable site of
altitude sickness.

http://www.himalayanrescue.org/hra/altitude_sickness.php#treatment




2010/6/22 Yoshihiro Murakami <completewalker at gmail.com>:
> I will mention my feeling briefly:
> A lot of people seem not to know how to treat the altitude sickness.
> Half Ounce should descended immediately when he felt the sickness. Or
> his friend should order him to descend. The altitude sickness  always
> worsen at night, and it never recover at the high altitude.
>
>
>
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> 2010/6/20 Tortoise <Tortoise73 at charter.net>:
>> More important, at least to me, is that Half Ounce had a serious case of
>> HAPE (high altitude pulmonary edema) and needed to be med-evaced out.
>>
>> Thankfully, other hikers came to his aid and helped get him safely out and
>> on his way to a hospital.
>>
>> see: http://www.trailjournals.com/entry.cfm?id=316215
>>
>> Tortoise
>>
>> <> Because truth matters! <>
>>
>> On 06/19/10 15:47, Pat Monahan wrote:
>>> My bad, it was 10 spot that lost his pack. Half Ounce is off trail
>>> recovering from altitude sickness. They were hiking together.
>>>
>>> On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 3:44 PM, Pat Monahan<patmonahan1 at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>>
>>>> Half Ounce lost his entire pack as he was crossing the Tyndal Creek. It
>>>> went into the Kern. If anyone sees or hears about it, he is ok. He just lost
>>>> the pack. He ended up hiking over Kersage Pass without it. If you find it,
>>>> he is hiking with Cubby and Boston, as well as others. Cubby and Boston post
>>>> on trailjournals.com. If you can't contact them, you can contact me and
>>>> I'll do my best reaching them. It was lost around the 16th of June. You can
>>>> read Cubby and Boston's journal for more info.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
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> Sincerely
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> Hiro    ( Yoshihiro Murakami )
> HP:http://psycho01.edu.u-toyama.ac.jp
> http://picasaweb.google.co.jp/CompleteWalker/
> Backpacking for 30 years in Japan
> 2009 JMT, the first America.
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Sincerely
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Hiro    ( Yoshihiro Murakami )
HP:http://psycho01.edu.u-toyama.ac.jp
http://picasaweb.google.co.jp/CompleteWalker/
Backpacking for 30 years in Japan
2009 JMT, the first America.
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